Meet your digital twin in space? Profiling international expat's readiness for metaverse space travel, tech-savviness, COVID-19 travel anxiety, and travel fear of missing …

U Zaman, I Koo, S Abbasi, SH Raza, MG Qureshi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The metaverse promises an unimaginable future for digital travelers by enabling them to
gain unique experiences (eg, space travel) that would otherwise be impossible in non-virtual …

The sweet escape to metaverse: Exploring escapism, anxiety, and virtual place attachment

D Pal, C Arpnikanondt - Computers in Human Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
The metaverse is an emerging area of research and has a lot of potential in providing
individuals with an alternate place of inhabitation. The importance of metaverse escapism …

A Systematic Literature Review of Virtual Technology in Hospitality and Tourism (2013–2022)

J Chen, X Wu, IKW Lai - Sage Open, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Since 2019, the number of journal articles on virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and
mixed reality (MR) has increased dramatically, but existing virtual technology literature …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling trends in digital tourism research: a bibliometric analysis of co-citation and co-word analysis

W Wider, Y Gao, CK Chan, J Lin, J Li… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Digital tourism has witnessed substantial evolution, shaping the trajectory of tourism
research. Employing bibliometric analysis on 1,079 articles from the Web of Science …

Metaverse customer journeys in tourism: building viable virtual worlds

L Zhong, Z Xu, AM Morrison, Y Li, M Zhu - Tourism Review, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine the use of the metaverse in tourism and hospitality to
comprehend better how the technology might shape customer journey management …

Metaverse-based virtual reality experience and endurance performance in sports economy: Mediating role of mental health and performance anxiety

Z Huang, DH Choi, B Lai, Z Lu, H Tian - Frontiers in public health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Metaverse sports arena is gaining popularity globally that empowers virtual reality sporting
experience through digital avatars. The main objective of the current study is to explore the …

Travel motivation during COVID-19: A case from Nepal

K Bhatta, P Gautam, T Tanaka - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The tourism industry is one of the most affected industries by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Understanding travel motivation is necessary for the tourism movement, even in the COVID …

Creating location-based augmented reality games and immersive experiences for touristic destination marketing and education

A Kleftodimos, A Evagelou, S Gkoutzios, M Matsiola… - Computers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this paper is to present an approach that utilizes several mixed reality
technologies for touristic promotion and education. More specifically, mixed reality …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding behavioural intention of experiencing virtual tourism during covid-19: an extension of theory of planned behaviour

S Hamid, R Ali, S Sujood, ST Jameel… - Tourism and …, 2023 - hrcak.srce.hr
Purpose–The overall purpose of this study is to assess consumers' behavioural intentions
regarding virtual tourism COVID-19 using the TPB. This work sought to assess the …

New Frontiers in Tourism and Hospitality Research: An Exploration of Current Trends and Future Opportunities

Y El Archi, B Benbba - International Conference on Modern Trends in …, 2024 - Springer
The global economy depends heavily on the tourism and hospitality industries, and research
in these fields has grown and changed significantly in recent years. With an emphasis on …